Douglas MacArthur Elementary School PTA

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Calling all students who had Ms. Cetlin as their kindergarten teacher at MacArthur! Ms. Jenny Cetlin is going to the MacArthur playground on Sunday, June 9 at 3:30 pm and would love to see her last MacArthur class. Congrats to all the rising 6th graders!

Don't forget to plan ahead for next year! You can order your student's supplies and have them waiting in the classroom when school resumes through our partnership with EPI.
Deadline for the lowest price for orders is June 25!
https://www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks/

Douglas MacArthur Elementary
Official School Supply Partner
Your School ID is MAC083

The 2024-2025 school year is almost a wrap, but we still have a big event coming up Monday, June 3! Please consider donating your time (45 minutes is a HUGE help) for our final Reading is FUNdamental Day, where each MacArthur student receives a free book from the PTA for the summer.
Volunteers help our students select that special book to take home for the summer! But, we could also use a few hands setting the event up.
All volunteers must be approved by ACPS in order to attend.
If you are unable to attend, we could use some folding tables and canopies because, weather permitting, we are hoping to hold this event in our Outdoor Classroom at the school for the first time!

Sign Up Here!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FAEAE2AA7F49-49856239-spring #/

MacArthur community, you did it again! Huge thanks to all volunteers and families for coming together for our 2nd annual International Heritage Night hosted by the PTA! Ecuadorian and Filipino dancing, Ukrainian dancing and singing- and displays from 13 nations on 5 continents! We had a blast!

Get Ready for the MacArthur PTA's International Heritage Night, including a Ukrainian Dance Group, a Filipino Line Dance lesson to an old Earth, Wind & Fire favorite and TWO FOOD TRUCKS with international foods for purchase!

International Heritage Night is NEXT THURSDAY, May 16, and the deadline for families to sign up to feature their cultures by hosting a table is SUNDAY, May 12.
Click Below to Participate.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E49ADAA28ABF94-48494158-douglas #/

Hosting a table can be as simple as sharing a map and flag of your home country or as elaborate as displaying artifacts, stories, costumes, photos, books and recipes from home.

The intent is to creative with our kids and share your heritage with MacArthur friends in a fun, low-key setting.

Curious what it was like last year?

View a slide show here in English:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSfXkUthHvHSg3KS094I_aD1X9QXIxugI7rjN-fd9Y_AlOeLpxYxeHmQ_tbWEetkA/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000&slide=id.p3

and here in Spanish:
https://www.canva.com/design/DAFgwIA1yQU/FcLayyJzlBN6UoF29eewyQ/watch?utm_content=DAFgwIA1yQU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

Search "International Heritage Night" in ParentSquare for more info!

Thank you to all of our PTA volunteers for donating food, serving breakfast, handing out lunches, arranging flowers, supporting our gift card fundraising drive and generally spreading the joy to our MacArthur teaching staff this week!

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and we will be collecting donations so that each teacher goes home with a gift card! Please donate by Sunday, May 5 (so we have time to purchase the gift cards).

We are accepting donations via our Venmo account -PTA or using our PayPal. (Cash or checks can be dropped off in our PTA box in the front office).
If you are a business owner and wish to donate a specific item or service for a teacher gift card at the raffle, please contact Amy Hillis at [email protected] by Sunday, May 5.

And, please, don’t forget to sign up to volunteer in the school next week to support our teachers! We still have slots open to support the teacher lunch from Bittersweet, and we have a few recess monitor times available. We also still have ALL SLOTS for the pre-K recess, OPEN! These are our littlest kids, and they have recess in the interior courtyard. Please consider stepping in to support these teachers even if your child is not in preK!

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=M5DMSL3UTT3RN&source=url&ssrt=1714571702987

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4FA4AF2DABFC1-49041457-douglas #/

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Bring the kids to play on our MacArthur playground Sunday morning (the weather looks gorgeous), and grab an hour of yoga to benefit our PTA! Please sign up using the form below to give us an idea of how many to expect (but last minute joiners are welcome!) Don't forget your mat!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iL4PD2L0seaWg8ILWrZGb7RqwXT9DV3J4C9IQuczrzg/edit

Teacher Appreciation Week is just over ONE WEEK away (May 6-10)! Please volunteer to make it as awesome for our teacher as they are to our kids.




https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4FA4AF2DABFC1-49041457-douglas #/

Today is Spring2Action Day in Alexandria! Please Donate to Douglas MacArthur Literacy Projects during today's fundraiser!

This year, we have one goal in mind: Help our kids stay engaged with literacy and reading.
We have been hard at work supporting reading through the book fair, Reading is FUNdamental (RIF) events (where twice a year each students hand selects a FREE book to keep) and literacy programs, such as Lexia.
But, we need your help to continue these important projects.
Please consider donating $25, $50 or more to help us reach our goal of $6,000.
Your donation will go toward ensuring each MacArthur student can access the most approbate, tailored learning resources for a successful future.
If you cannot give at one of these levels, any amount of support will have an impact on achieving this important goal.

Support Douglas MacArthur PTA | Spring2ACTion 2024 I’m ready to support Douglas MacArthur PTA on April 24, 2024 during Spring2ACTion 2024. Learn more about Douglas MacArthur PTA and all the other organizations participating in Spring2ACTion 2024.

We have letters spelling our school name, folks! 🤩

Please volunteer at school to help with Teacher Appreciation Week May 7-10! 🍎📚
We have a week of events and gratitude for our staff and we want as many of you to get in the school and help as we can get!
Sign Up Here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4FA4AF2DABFC1-49041457-douglas #/

Curious about our International Heritage Night? It was a big hit with the kids last year, and we hope to repeat the fun (and learning)!
Log into our zoom meeting to learn more about how to participate in showcasing your family's culture via zoom tonight April 16 @ 7pm-7:30pm. The Zoom link is in the April 11 PTA ParentSquare post.
International Heritage Night is coming back to MacArthur May 16, and we are excited to celebrate the diverse cultures of our community in our new space! Get ready to share your culture, music, dance, and games with your MacArthur friends by hosting a table or signing up for a demonstration on the MacArthur stage!
Questions? Contact Charissa Slack .[email protected]. 🇲🇽🇪🇹🇧🇷🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Save the Date, Star families! Yoga on the Green fundraiser April 28 from 10-11am led by SuperStar Yoga Instructor Gretchen McCreary of Radiance in Old Town. It's on our school turf, and kids are welcome at the playground while adults do their yoga.
Stretch out, loosen up, get your zen -- all for a good cause and with good company! 🧘🏽🧘🏻‍♀️

Don't forget, Star Families! Join us tonight at 6:30PM for a family social at Glory Days for wonderful food, meeting up with old MacArthur friends and, hopefully, making new ones! Teachers and students are welcome to attend.
This is not a PTA meeting, it is just a moment to take time out and connect with our MacArthur community.


This event is hosted by Clique Sitter, a new app designed to connect local babysitters with local parents in need of trustworthy babysitting services.

We L💙VE Ms. Martin and her love of books! Thank you for all that you do for our Stars, Ms. Martin!

National School Librarian Day 2024 is a day to recognize and celebrate all that school librarians do. From helping our STARS fall in love with reading to choosing the perfect book for a reluctant reader to supporting teachers with literacy resources. Thank YOU to our Shining Star School Librarian, Ms. Latrania Martin! We appreciate you!

Good Luck, Teddy C. at the regional Spelling Bee on Sunday! A galaxy of MacArthur Stars is rooting for you! ⭐️🐝

We are looking for 85+ vases for our Teacher Appreciation Week floral bouquets (around the corner in May).
Please canvas your neighborhood listserves, buy nothing groups and friends for unwanted vases, large jars and/or large pint glasses that we can reuse to show our teachers and staff how awesome they are!
Contact Amy Hillis at [email protected] for pick up!
Thank you!

During Friday's Career Day, our little Stars will see presentations from a number of parents and community members with a variety of jobs, from mechanics to firemen to office workers and beyond. It’s a wonderful opportunity to expand the students’ minds as to what their learning today in school can lead to later in life.
Thank you, in advance, to Ms. Barnes-Paschal for leading this inspirational effort!
Please use this link to sign up to help!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4CAEAE2DA1FDC61-48278500-douglas #/

It's looking to be quite muddy on Sunday after the rain! Don't let your pooch get down in the dumps about it. Frolick Dogs has generously opened its doors exclusively to MacArthur families and their Star hounds Sunday from 2-4PM to take advantage of the agility obstacles, dog treadmills and balance equipment. Staff will be available for assistance in introducing owners and dogs to the activities. The cost is $20 per dog (cash preferred), and Frolick has generously agreed to donate all proceeds to our PTA.
Participants must complete this agreement (including vaccination information) in advance or at sign in when you arrive.

Our PTA Meeting this evening is cancelled due to an unforeseen schedule conflict for our speaker ... so grab some hot dogs instead at Haute Dogs and the PTA will get part of the proceeds!

Please Help Our Hive!
We need a few more volunteers to make Thursday's Spelling Bee for the Stars! a
S-U-C-C-E-S-S!
These positions don’t all require you stay the entire evening (some are less than an hour).
*Greeters
*Check in Table
*Helpers directing families to their grade-level Bees
*Clean Up (simply replacing tables and chairs to their classrooms)
*Officiant assistant/record keeper – this person notes words used and responses while the judge interacts with the spellers
Please contact Amy Hillis at vp.communications or sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lV6DauBDcHnMBfIUTY4mAuimVmZat7da71QLs2Mcuhk/edit

Meet us at Doyle’s Outpost! A portion of proceeds go to the PTA!

Unwind tonight with a bite while the kids play some games at our PTA Family Game Night fundraiser at Doyle's Outpost!

Don't forget a warm "thank you" to your bus drivers as you collect your kids today! It is Bus Driver Appreciation Day at ACPS! 🚌

The Spring Spiritwear Store closes tomorrow night! Get your new shirts while you can at a the link below!
https://www.selectspiritwear.com/v5store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=918